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2 APRIL 1947 : IKIMI KIKAWA RETAINS SCARS FOLLOWING HEALING OF BURNS DUE TO THE ATOMIC BOMB EXPLOSION AT HIROSHIMA. SHE WAS SEEN IN THE RED CROSS HOSPITAL THERE.

Undisclosed photos of Japanese

Atomic-bomb survivors

U.S. Atomic Bomb Surveys

The National Archives College Park, Maryland

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2 APRIL 1947

HIROSHIMA ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR RETAINS SCARS FROM INJURIES:

IKIMI KIKAWA RETAINS SCARS FOLLOWING HEALING OF BURNS DUE TO THE ATOMIC BOMB EXPLOSION AT HIROSHIMA. SHE WAS SEEN IN THE RED CROSS HOSPITAL THERE.

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Atomic Bomb Casualties

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PUBLIC INFORMATION DIVISION WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON

Photograph by Signal Corps U.S. Army


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The boy was admitted to a hospital in Nagasaki after the atomic bombing. Even five months after the explosion on August 9, 1945, he was still suffering from severe burns and keloids (Bring Back the Human Being, 1982).

    The boy was admitted to a hospital in Nagasaki after the atomic bombing. Even five months after the explosion on August 9, 1945, he suff...